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I have a ball valve that used to go to a drain/waste line, but that line had a leak in it underground that actually damaged our pool several years ago. (The line was shared with house sump pump which did the damage.) So we never use it anymore, and always keep the valve closed. For the last 5+...

Hi there! Here is the interesting scenario that happened: In the fall (due to other repairs going on), all my lines were pressure tested and passed, all good. The pool company closed the pool and blew out the lines. In the spring, there was a leak in one of my return lines (stair jets). Water...

After initially filling pool (new liner), my CYA is being brought up but is currently well below 20 (min value on the chlorine-CYA chart). It's only 5 ppm. What should my target chlorine level be? I've found from new fills in the past that it doesn't seem to take much chlorine when CYA is so...

We've owned this house with 18 x 36 foot vinyl inground pool for 6 years. The pool is around 25 years old I think. It has worked great for us, other than some problems with liner bubbling / floating over the last 2 years, and a small leak at operating level, also starting around 2 years ago...

I soaked my cartridge filters in commercial filter cleaner solution (it said to use 1 litre of cleaner for ever 20 litres of water, I probably used a bit less than that because I only had 3L of cleaner but needed to fill about 70L in my garbage bin). I soaked them overnight (one set for 24...

For those of you who live in cooler climates, I thought it might be worth sharing the following tips for helping to keep your water nice and warm, and save money on heating (if you have a heater). 1. Shut off the pump overnight, or whenever it's cool out. Run your pump during the warmest part...